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03/30/2010

USSC Upholds Michigan Supreme Court in Berghuis v Smith

The defendant claimed that his Kent County jury was not drawn from a fair cross-section of the community, but the Michigan Supreme Court found that Smith had not established a prima facie Sixth Amendment violation. Today, the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion by Justice Ginsberg reversing the 6th Circuit, said the Michigan Supreme Court's decision was not unreasonable. Berghuis v Smith, (08-1402). The ABA Journal's report is here.

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USSC Upholds Michigan Supreme Court in Berghuis v Smith

The defendant claimed that his Kent County jury was not drawn from a fair cross-section of the community, but the Michigan Supreme Court found that Smith had not established a prima facie Sixth Amendment violation. Today, the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion by Justice Ginsberg reversing the 6th Circuit, said the Michigan Supreme Court's decision was not unreasonable. Berghuis v Smith, (08-1402). The ABA Journal's report is here.